Nigel Marchant is an Emmy and Golden Globe award winning producer and joined Carnival in 2011 as Executive Producer, having previously produced for Carnival series one of Downton Abbey and The Philanthropist for Carnival/NBC.

Prior to coming in-house Nigel accumulated nearly twenty years of production experience on numerous dramas including six miniseries for Hallmark Entertainment, Fingersmith and Fanny Hillfor the BBC, Without You and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV, The American Embassy for Twentieth Century Fox Television, Bride and Prejudice for Miramax, Charlie Wilson’s War, Rendition and the Sex & the City movie.

Since joining Carnival, Nigel has executive produced series four, five and six of BAFTA and RTS award nominated Downton Abbeyfor ITV / Masterpiece, RTS award nominated series The Last Kingdomfor BBC / BBC America, Sir David Hare’s Worricker Trilogy for the BBC and Co-Executive Produced Dracula for Sky Living / NBC. He is currently Executive Producing The Last Kingdom 2for BBC / Netflix and Jamestown for Sky 1.